CHICAGO - (KGTV) - Workers at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport restaurants, bars and Starbucks walked off the job Thursday - one of the busiest travel days of the Christmas holiday season.
The union tweeted this week that 84 percent of its members voted to authorize a strike over healthcare.
BREAKING! HMSHost O’Hare Airport restaurant and Starbucks workers on strike for a fair contract! #1u #unitehere pic.twitter.com/1vtqL1X40f
— UNITE HERE Local 1 (@UniteHerelocal1) December 21, 2017
UNITE HERE Local 1 Union said employees would picket until at least 5 p.m., according to the Chicago Tribune.
HMSHost, which operates the restaurants, told the Tribune the locations would remain open.
